In the Sun! Spain, finally!

Manu | 19 January 2013 | 2 comments
In the Sun! Spain, finally!

Finally in the sun! Getting to Spain has been definitely one of the best moment of the trip so far. Since we entered the country, together with the landscape and the language changing, the temperatures have started to high up as well. The cold wind has been taken over by a mild breeze that keeps […]

Crossing Europe, through cold and snow

Manu | 16 January 2013 | 6 comments
Crossing Europe, through cold and snow

We thought the cold was gonna be ended when we have left the ship, in Hirtshals, and that from there on it would have been better and better, crossing Europe and heading finally South. But we were wrong.. Since Saturday it has been a constant drive into the cold and snow. Everyday we say to […]

Far Oer: hidden pearl of the North!

Manu | 14 January 2013 | 2 comments
Far Oer: hidden pearl of the North!

  What can you do for 3 nights and 2 days on a boat from Iceland to Denmark, stopping over the Far Oer Islands only for six hours before starting to sail again? We were all wandering this in the ghost town of Seydisfjordur, on the East Coast of Iceland, on Wednesday, when we were […]

Day 2: from Vik to Hofn across the glaciers

Manu | 8 January 2013 | 5 comments
Day 2: from Vik to Hofn across the glaciers

Simply glorious! If I would have to use a word to use to describe such a great day, it would be this one. The sun started to shine early this morning, and even before it was right in the sky, we were all already on board of the truck, hitting the Southern road of Iceland. […]

The long way to Africa: 1st day

Manu | 7 January 2013 | no comments
The long way to Africa: 1st day

So here we go. Still dark outside, engine on, ready to depart from Reykjavk and finally start this adventure that is gonna finish only in round 6 months, and on the other side of the world. Yesterday at 6pm we met in a pub downtown Reykjavik to know each other and prepare the departure. This […]

Finally the day of the departure arrived!

Manu | 4 January 2013 | no comments
Finally the day of the departure arrived!

So here we are! Few hours away from my dream that becomes reality! It’s hard to describe how I really feel tonight. I am excited. I know it because I have that recognisable chills under my feet ad in my stomach that doesn’t allow me to sleep and to rest my mind, that’s the sign […]

A year of answering questions

Manu | 14 December 2012 | no comments
A year of answering questions

    A collection of the most quoted questions I heard during this year, waiting and planning Africa   HOW DID YOU FIND OUT SUCH A PROJECT? On Internet. It was the 2nd of January of this year and I was on Facebook reading pages of travelers around the world and suddenly I found the […]

A step closer to Africa

Manu | 2 November 2012 | 2 comments
A step closer to Africa

  A step closer to Africa and another further from Amsterdam: that’s how I feel at the beginning of this November, on my last month in my house in Amsterdam, with my friends, at work and on the month of My1stimpressions 1st birthday. Good news is: I found my 1st Sponsor. GlobeLink Travel Insurance is […]

On the way to Africa: an emotional update

Manu | 6 October 2012 | 9 comments
On the way to Africa: an emotional update

It’s less than 3 months left now! It’s becoming exciting and also scary at the same time. I am leaving a place where I have been for four amazing years, I am leaving my friends and my daily life to pursue a dream of freedom and it cannot be more scary than this. The plan […]

Dreaming Africa part 1: vaccinations

Manu | 21 August 2012 | no comments
Dreaming Africa part 1: vaccinations

  So today it was the big day! I finally started to do something practical for my Africa dream and got the first vaccinations. What a day and what an impression to go to the Vaccination office  and speak about this amazing trip with a doctor. I even didn’t start talking that she already took […]

Dreaming Africa

Manu | 15 August 2012 | no comments
Dreaming Africa

Well, the big steps for this crazy adventure to begin have been prepared in the past few months. First it was the decision, in early January, just after I found the ad of Garry, the organizer, who was looking for some crazy adventurer to go all the way from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Cape Town, South […]